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Bardick

Echiopsis curta

名字的由來： Bardick is a common name taken from an Aboriginal name for this snake.1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

澳洲的蛇

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The bardick is a short, stocky snake from Australia that is mostly active at night. It is considered venomous to humans, but very little is known about its venom, and bites on people are rare. It is a snake that is worth recognising and leaving alone.1

分布在

Southern Australia, in three populations: south-west Western Australia, the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, and western Victoria and New South Wales.1

澳洲與大洋洲

首頁

It lives in heath, scrubland and open forest in the west, and favours mallee and Triodia grassland in the east. It hides under leaf litter, fallen trees and other debris.1

長度

57 cm (1,9 ft)1

最高速度

大約 6,1 km/h（3,8 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It is an ambush predator that waits for prey. Its diet is mostly lizards (52%), frogs (31%) and mammals (13%), with some birds and insects. Eastern populations eat fewer frogs than western populations.1

Bardick 的照片 — Bardick。照片：Connor Margetts。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Short, thick, stumpy body with a short tail1
Smooth scales in pale to dark grey, brown or reddish, darker on the head and back and lighter along the sides1
White to cream belly1
Lips spotted with white1
Mostly active at night1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

Its venom contains neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. In tests it is highly neurotoxic to birds, comparable to the tiger snake, copperhead and inland taipan. Research on its venom is extremely limited, and the snake has not shown neurotoxic effects in people even after significant envenoming.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

It is considered venomous to humans, but there is very little information about its bites. Bites on people are rare. One known case needed hospital treatment because of complications.1

好消息：醫生有藥（抗毒血清）或治療方法。1

如果牠咬人

The one known human case was hospitalised and treated with common death adder antivenom, which abated the complications. This antivenom is made for a different snake, the common death adder. Seek medical care urgently after any bite.1
加壓固定法：用彈性繃帶緊緊包住咬傷處，再往上包住整條手臂或腿，用夾板固定，並讓傷者完全不動，直到救援抵達。
不要清洗咬傷處：醫院可以檢驗留在皮膚上的毒液，選出正確的抗毒血清。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 3 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 18 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 59 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Bardick 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Bardick 大約 6,1 km/h (3,8 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Its venom is highly neurotoxic to birds, yet no neurotoxic effects have been seen in humans, even after significant envenoming.1

One female measuring 41 cm (16 in) from snout to vent carried 13 full-sized embryos, which is one of the largest litter volumes recorded for this species.1

The bardick has short, hollow, fixed fangs that deliver venom to its prey.1

給毒液專家

學名: Echiopsis curta
類群: 澳洲的蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 澳洲與大洋洲
寶寶: It gives birth to live young. Litters range from 3 to 14, averaging 7, and the young are up to 15 cm long at birth.1
牠在野外的狀況: Least Concern (IUCN Red List), with a decreasing population1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3